swept

«swept» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the past of sweep: cleaned the floor or ground with a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, past form of sweep (sweep, sweeps, swept, sweeping)

meaning for a pupil

1) Swept is the past of sweep: cleaned the floor or ground with a brush or broom. tree →

2) Swept means moved quickly and smoothly, or pushed or carried along with force, like a wave sweeping something away. tree →

3) Swept can mean spread fast over an area, like news or fire sweeping across a country. tree →

4) A team that «swept» won every game. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Lot is warned to flee Sodom, and the Israelites to leave Korah's tents, so as not to be punished with the wicked. Interpretation: Tradition reads these as warnings to stay away from evil people and their deeds, or one may share the consequences. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and chores: «I swept the kitchen floor». In stories and safety: a flood swept away cars; a strong current swept a swimmer out — so swim only between the flags. In news: a storm swept across the country. Phrases: «swept away», «swept up», «swept off your feet» (fell in love quickly).

examples

• And he spoke unto the congregation, saying: 'Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be swept away in all their sins.' (Torah NUM.16.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying: 'Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.' (Torah GEN.19.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said: 'Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.' (Torah GEN.19.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• The brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook, the brook Kishon. (Prophets JDG.5.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be swept away, both ye and your king.' (Prophets 1SA.12.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is swept away by want of righteousness. (Writings PRO.13.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• I swept the leaves off the path. tree →
• The river swept the bridge away. tree →
• She swept into the room in a long dress. tree →
• The cold wind swept across the field. tree →
• A wave swept his bucket out to sea. tree →
• We swept up all the broken glass carefully. tree →
• The new game swept through the whole school. tree →
• Here he swept a path, there he trained a twig. tree →

note

Irregular verb: sweep, swept, swept (not «sweeped»). Similar pattern: keep/kept, sleep/slept, weep/wept. Never walk or drive through floodwater: it can sweep you away.

In the corpora

• The brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook, the brook Kishon.
• But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be swept away, both ye and your king.'
• Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is swept away by want of righteousness.
• The African forest buffalo is a smaller, reddish cousin of the savanna buffalo, with swept-back horns that fit dense forest.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «swept» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.